This case is about so much more than a German family wishing to homeschool their children. This is about all parents' rights to oversee, influence and direct the education, religious upbringing and healthcare of their own children.
The long term ramifications of the case impact much more in the United States than the homeschooling issue. Prior to the Romeikes' arrival in the United States, the German government had been preparing to permanently remove the Romeike children from their parents' care.
The United States Sixth Court of Appeals has in effect, sent a strong message to American parents that they can also expect the American government to micromanage the raising of American children. If the parents object to anything they are ordered to do by the government, such as forced enrollment in government approved public schools; forced acceptance of all medical treatment including recommendations from untrained school officials; forced acceptance of potentially unnecessary medical treatment, including surgery, with no right to a second opinion, when parents refuse, they can expect the government to remove American children from American homes.
The shocking April 2013 case in Sacramento, California where parents observed a hospital nurse administering antibiotics to their infant which was against the orders of the infant's doctor, were then told by the hospital officials that their infant needed immediate cardiac surgery. The parents then sought a second opinion from another hospital. The second hospital had said that the infant was fine, had the flu and had sent the parents home with their infant. The second hospital disagreed with the first hospital's demand that the infant be subjected to immediate surgery.
However the first hospital phoned police and CPS, who without consulting the second hospital, forced entry without warrant into the parents' home and took the crying infant out of the Mother's arms and into official custody of the government.
The You Tube video showing a CPS social worker instructing the Mother that she had no rights, that her infant had been ordered by a doctor at the first hospital to have immediate surgery; informing the Mother that she had no right to disagree and had no right to ask where the police and CPS were taking her baby; and the CPS social worker informing the Mother that she (the Mother) was acting irrationally when she asked where they were taking her infant, and all of this while her husband was outside on the ground after being knocked down by the police, is chilling.
The case is far from over. CPS still has authority over the infant and is controlling the parents' daily activities with their infant.
A Family's Nightmare - Baby Taken After Parents Seek 2nd Opinion
You’re right. Sooner or later we’ll be facing a justice system that is based on international law. If we conservatives stick to defense we’ll lose. We have to keep the evil left on defense world wide as much as we can.